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This is a minimally-destructive disassembly method that will allow the payload to be held back together with about two feet of duct tape if you wish to reuse the payload for another weather balloon flight.

#Route the antenna flat against the bottom of the shell and place duct tape over the hole.#Place upper half of shell onto lower half of shell#Using about 20 inches of Duct tape, close the edge of the radiosonde shell, ensuring that the weather sensors are able to exit the side of the shell where they originally did.#Using a small piece Affix the two halves of tapethe radiosonde shell together. Long, close sturdy zip-ties (one around where the area between plastic strap goes, another one or two perpendicular to it over the top and bottom) would likely work well and remain intact while exposed to the weather sensor wirespotentially harsh and cold elements at high altitudes. Alternative closures could be twine (if properly tied) or hot glue, which seems to be what is used to seal the radiosonde at the factory. You Glues and cements may wish to make further re-use additional tape problematic if you intend to keep recover and fly the shell closed effectivelyradiosonde multiple times.

#Replace the plastic pins that hold the plastic strap to the radiosonde payload. You will need to push these pins through the duct tape applied in step 8.#Ensure all sensors and antenna are extended and oriented properly. Be sure to bend the antenna into a dipole orientation similar to how it shipped (about 5.75" of the shorter lead folded back and held about 0.5" away from the twin-lead coming from the radiosonde)#Optionally, use a loop of duct tape to ensure the dipole antenna remains positioned appropriately, similar to how the antenna was originally rigged.